Listen "CONVERSATION W/ DEVANNE PENA"
Episode Synopsis
Devanne Pena ("Dev-in Pee-nuh") is an Architect Entrepreneur. She is proud to be among the first 400 African American women living history to be licensed to practice architecture. A fourth generation Cape Verdean, Devanne conducted independent research in her native West African islands to define future architectural service for the culture. She is the owner of a design consultancy, Archidev LLC, and this year founded a start-up called AFROSPACE. Creating resilient and protective space for black women is a design problem she intends to solve.an architectural practice as well as . She first envisioned this venture by asking the question, “How can we design resilient, habitual and protective spaces for Black Women+”?
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DevannePena
LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/devannepena/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DevannePena
LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/devannepena/
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